Romans 9:18

9:18 So then, ¹  God ²  has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. ³ 

Romans 7:19

7:19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

Romans 7:16

7:16 But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good. ⁴ 

Romans 9:16

9:16 So then, ⁵  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ⁶  but on God who shows mercy.

Romans 7:21

7:21 So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

Romans 7:15

7:15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate. ⁷ 

Romans 7:20

7:20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.

Romans 9:22

9:22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects ⁸  of wrath ⁹  prepared for destruction? ¹⁰ 

Romans 1:13

1:13 I do not want you to be unaware, ¹¹  brothers and sisters, ¹²  that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles. ¹³ 

Romans 7:18

7:18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. ¹⁴ 

Romans 11:25

11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ¹⁵  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ¹⁶  until the full number ¹⁷  of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 13:3

13:3 (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

Romans 16:19

16:19 Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

¹ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.”

⁴ tn Grk “I agree with the law that it is good.”

⁷ sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

⁸ tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “but what I hate, this I do.”

¹³ tn Grk “vessels.” This is the same Greek word used in v. 21.

¹⁴ tn Or “vessels destined for wrath.” The genitive ὀργῆς (orghs) could be taken as a genitive of destination.

¹⁵ tn Or possibly “objects of wrath that have fit themselves for destruction.” The form of the participle could be taken either as a passive or middle (reflexive). ExSyn 417-18 argues strongly for the passive sense (which is followed in the translation), stating that “the middle view has little to commend it.” First, καταρτίζω (katartizw) is nowhere else used in the NT as a direct or reflexive middle (a usage which, in any event, is quite rare in the NT). Second, the lexical force of this verb, coupled with the perfect tense, suggests something of a “done deal” (against some commentaries that see these vessels as ready for destruction yet still able to avert disaster). Third, the potter-clay motif seems to have one point: The potter prepares the clay.

¹⁶ sn The expression “I do not want you to be unaware [Grk ignorant]” also occurs in 1 Cor 10:1; 12:1; 1 Thess 4:13. Paul uses the phrase to signal that he is about to say something very important.

¹⁷ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

¹⁸ tn Grk “in order that I might have some fruit also among you just as also among the rest of the Gentiles.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

²² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

²³ tn Or “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.”

²⁴ tn Grk “fullness.”